Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites, Paperback - Mitchell L. Stevens

In real life, Mitchell Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New ...

The high tuition cost at universities is hurting students and only benefiting the tenured faculty and professors.

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Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Nicole Lynn LewisNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 20Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Publisher: Pearson Education (US)Author(s): Renee StevensNumber of pages: 400Collection: Voices That MatterPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 179 x ...

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Robert FranekNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 169 x 264 x 24Cover type: Paperback / ...

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Can affirmative action in US college admissions survive mounting threats? This judicious review, part of the Sociology of Diversity series, conside...

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